A complication of brucellosis: Epididymoorchitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Akinci, Esragül ^a   Bodur, Hürrem ^a   Çevik, Mustafa Aydin ^a   Erbay, Ayşe ^a   Eren, Selim Sirri ^a   Ziraman, Ipek ^a   Balaban, Neriman ^a   Atan, Ali ^a   Ergül, Gülüşan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucella mellitensis; Brucellosis; Epididymoorchitis; Genitourinary infections

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; RELAPSE; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 32844475740     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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